Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:01:29 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Baird's still at Youghegheny; W. MD report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, Joan DeCarli and I birded western Maryland this weekend hitting Carey Run Sanctuary and Youghegeny Reservoir on Sat., then meeting JB Churchill on Sunday for some birding around Allegheny Co., and finishing at the Harney Rd. ponds in Frederick Co. Highlights were warblers at Carey Run, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER still at Yough. Reservoir., and more warblers and ravens at Dan's Mountain. Particulars: Carey Run Sanctuary, Garrett Co., 9/8/01: Blue-headed Vireo Brown Creeper CAROLINA WREN (my first in Garrett Co.) Magnolia Warbler (several) Black-throated Blue Warbler (adult male) Black-throated Green Warbler (5) Pine Warbler Am. Redstart (imm. female) C. Yellowthroat (3) CANADA WARBLER (life bird for Joan) Youghegheny Reservoir, Garrett Co., 9/8: Semi Plover 1 Killdeer 50 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 1 (thanks JB for posting this a week ago; it's still here, or another took its place; life bird for Joan) Pectoral Sandpiper 1 STILT SANDPIPER 2 (good close looks) Worm-eating Warbler 1 Dan's Mountain (summit & halfway point) with JB Churchill on 9/9: COMMON RAVEN 2 flyover Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER (life bird for Joan; state bird #322 for Stan) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 adult male Black-throated Green Warbler 3 (Western) Palm Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 female-plumaged North Branch lagoons south of Cumberland: Killdeer about 25 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Harney Road pond-east, Frederick Co. (the west pond has little water and no shorebirds): Killdeer 30 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Semipal. Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Pectoral Sandpiper 7 Some nice fall birding, with some great weather to go with it. Thanks to JB for taking us around Allegeny Co. on Sunday. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================